Opinions May 2, 2011

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7th Circuit Court of AppealsUnited
States of America v. David Lee Runyan
10-3400
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, Hammond Division, Judge James T. Moody.
Criminal. Affirms 63-year sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Runyan argued the District Court sentenced
him without considering the care he gave his then-terminally ill father, but his argument rested on past caregiving rather
than present caregiving and the District Court didn’t need to address it. Also finds the District Court’s commentary
at sentencing to not be impermissibly one-sided.

Indiana Supreme Court had posted no opinions at IL deadline.

Indiana Court of AppealsState
of Indiana v. C.D.
55A01-1007-JV-342
Juvenile. Reverses grant of C.D.’s motion to suppress evidence. C.D. was not undergoing custodial interrogation when
he answered a police officer’s questions and made an incriminating admission while in the principal’s office on
suspicion of being impaired. He was not deprived of his right to meaningful conversation with his parents when the officer
examined him. It was also reasonable for the principal to check C.D.’s backpack for marijuana or paraphernalia after
it was believed C.D. was under the influence of marijuana. Remands for further proceedings.